No. 5 UCLA wounded Cal volleyball’s chances of receiving a bid in the NCAA tournament. The Bruins (21-5,13-4) swept the Bears at the Wooden Center in Los Angeles Thursday night, giving the latter their 14th sweep of the season. Although the Bears (14-14, 8-10 in Pac-12) notched a solid .299 Read More…
Cal senior Kat Brown could not stand to see her team squander away an opportunity to upset No. 5 Washington on Wednesday night. Following the battle with the Huskies, Brown’s expression said it all. She would not let Cal (14-12, 8-8) lay an egg against last-place Washington State (12-16, 2-14) Read More…
At 16-15 in the fifth set, the Cal volleyball team was down to its last point. Having already fought of a previous match point, the Bears had a dwindling chance of pulling off their second upset of a top-ranked opponent. Washington delivered a shot in the final rally that appeared Read More…
The Cal volleyball team should feel fortuitous that its upcoming matchup against No. 8 Washington is at Haas Pavillion. Despite its top-10 ranking, the Huskies can attribute their success to their home advantage. Of its four conference losses, three came away from home. And with the return of veteran outside Read More…
On Sunday at Oregon State (13-13, 3-11), the Cal volleyball team was leading two sets to one going into the fourth frame. But the team was in serious trouble. The Bears had just dropped the third set, 26-24, and were tied with the Beavers, 15-15. Cal needed someone to step Read More…
The Cal volleyball team has had the same postgame talk over and over. After every loss, they preach to one another that things must change, things must get better. “We are still having the same conversations about work ethic and discipline,” senior Kat Brown said. However, the words seem to Read More…
Despite sweeping Arizona 3-0 on Friday, Cal faced one of its most disappointing tilts of the season in a nail-biting 3-2 loss against Arizona State on Sunday. Cal’s loss drops it back to a .500 winning percentage, quickly dwindling the squad’s NCAA tournament hopes. In the first set against Arizona Read More…
The Cal women’s volleyball team no longer feels just the heat; the team is seriously sweating. With 10 games left on the schedule, Cal will face six opponents it has already played and failed to beat this year. To make matters worse, the team is in danger of not finishing Read More…
Does Stanford deserve to No. 1 in the nation? Although both squads have not lost a single game in conference play this season, Penn State holds the number one ranking, while Stanford battles in arguably the the toughest conference in the nation. Currently, four other teams in the Pac-12 are Read More…
Washington newcomer Cassie Strickland taught the Cal women’s volleyball team a lesson on Sunday afternoon: Execution trumps size. Standing at only five-foot-eight, Strickland found herself looking across the net at Cal’s front three — all of whom are over six feet. Yet at the end of the day, it was Read More…